As
I sit and write my first article as Chairman of the Bethlehem Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors, I am filled with excitement thinking of the
interesting year we have ahead of us. I live and work in Bethlehem and so
serving as President of the Bethlehem Chamber board is something I am very much
looking forward to. One thing for sure is I hope that Lynn Cunningham and I can
shake things up a bit in the next two years... and celebrate Bethlehem!

We
will be celebrating 99 years as a Chamber and the City of Bethlehem will be
celebrating 275 years as a city. The Bethlehem Chamber is heavily involved in
the planning of the 275th Anniversary Celebrations, which will include an
Anniversary Gala on April 16, 2016, held throughout the Historic Hotel
Bethlehem and the Community Celebration which will be held on June 25, 2016 on
the Steel Stacks Campus. The Community Celebration will involve all of
Bethlehem with its businesses and organizations coming together to display
their wares. There will be a Hall of Fame Ceremony during this celebration,
where we will honor our citizens who have gained national prominence in their
fields, and we will debut PBS’s upcoming documentary about the Liberty High
School Grenadier Band. It will be quite a day... but please, pray for nice
weather.

We
have many upcoming events (some new, some classics), but the next event in
August will be the Walla Gazoo Golf Tournament and Clam Bake which will be held
on August 17 at the Bethlehem Golf Course. This tournament is the OLDEST golf
tournament in the Valley and one of our major fundraisers for the year. For
more information on any of these events, please contact Lynn Cunningham at lynnc@lehighvalleychamber.org or
call her at 610-739-1510.